Julia earned a

b. s. in engineering and went to work for a large defense contractor in a small town in california. when the government cut spending, julia and 99 others were laid off. the only other business in the town is growing grapes to be made into raisins, but the growers refuse to hire laid-off engineers, knowing they'll leave at the first opportunity. the unemployment julia is experiencing is:

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8 June, 06:41

Julia earned a

b. s. in engineering and went to work for a large defense contractor in a small town in california. when the government cut spending, julia and 99 others were laid off. the only other business in the town is growing grapes to be made into raisins, but the growers refuse to hire laid-off engineers, knowing they'll leave at the first opportunity. the unemployment julia is experiencing is:

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Aidyn Ashley · Answer 1

The unemployment Julia is experiencing is "structural unemployment".

Structural unemployment is a type of joblessness caused by a mismatch between the aptitudes that laborers in the economy can offer, and the abilities demanded of specialists by managers. Structural unemployment is generally brought about by mechanical changes that make the activity aptitudes of a lot of the present laborers out of date.